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A Tale of Two Markets: Luxury Home Prices Are Rising 3 Times Faster Than Non-Luxury Prices

Luxury U.S. home prices are up 4.7% year over year, compared to a 1.5% increase in non luxury prices, as homebuying demand from affluent people continues to outpace demand from average Americans. High-end buyers are more active partly because they’re less sensitive to high mortgage rates and today’s economic…

HomebuildersEconomyDebt & FinancingU.S. National
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Seller Choice Keeps Winning, Quietly

CRMLS, the largest real estate listing service in the country, just gave home sellers a more flexible way to bring their home to the market before it is broadly launched across the internet. With a new Limited Exposure Coming Soon option, home sellers can ask their agent to market their home as a Coming Soon […]…

HomebuildersEconomyU.S. National
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19% of of House Hunters Are Looking to Relocate–And They’re Headed to the Sun Belt

Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. house hunters looked to relocate to a different metro area in the first quarter, up slightly from a year earlier. Florida, Las Vegas and Phoenix are the most popular destinations, with many movers chasing affordability and sunshine. New York, Seattle, Los Angeles and other expensive metros top…

HomebuildersEconomyU.S. National
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Americans Across Party Lines Back Policies to Improve Housing Affordability: Redfin Survey

Most Republicans and Democrats believe there should be federal policies in place to make housing more affordable, according to a recent Redfin survey. For instance, 85% of Democrats say there should be first-time buyer tax breaks, and so do 77% of Republicans. These survey results align with broad bipartisan…

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Gen Z Is Creating A New Path To Prosperity

This piece was originally published on Forbes on June 8, 2026. Gen Z is coming of age in an economy where the traditional path to prosperity no longer works, and instead of giving up, they’re beginning to build new ones. For 70 years, the American Dream followed a predictable sequence: school, job, promotion,…

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Fewer Homeowners Are Listing as Spring Market Ends With a Whimper, Not a Bang

The median U.S. home price hit a record high, one factor that’s pushing some prospective buyers away. New listings of U.S. homes for sale fell 1.7% from a week earlier during the week ending June 21 to their lowest level since February. The total number of homes for sale dipped 0.4% week over week, the […] The post…

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Congress Takes Historic Step on Housing Affordability with Bipartisan ROAD to Housing Act

Passed unanimously out of the Senate Banking Committee, the ROAD to Housing Act embraces solutions to the housing affordability crisis like zoning reform and streamlining rules to encourage more homebuilding. For the first time since the foreclosure crisis, U.S. Congress has taken meaningful action to make housing…

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Flood-Prone Parts of America Are Losing Residents at Nearly Twice Last Year’s Rate

High-flood-risk U.S. counties lost over 63,000 more residents than they gained in 2025–nearly double the prior year’s outflow. Flood-prone places are losing residents partly because of climate risk. Some residents are leaving in search of cheaper housing or different politics. Counties at low risk of flooding…

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U.S. Home-Price Growth Accelerated in May, Fueled by April’s Brief Mortgage-Rate Reprieve

Home prices rose 0.3% month over month on a seasonally adjusted basis. Prices rose 2.5% on a year-over-year basis–the fastest growth rate in six months. On a local level, prices rose in 29 major metros month over month, with the biggest increases in Cleveland, Providence and New York. This is based on the Redfin…

HomebuildersEconomyDebt & FinancingU.S. NationalNew York
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NYC Suburbs and the Bay Area Are This Spring’s Most Competitive Housing Markets

More than half of homes are selling above asking price in Newark, San Francisco, San Jose and Nassau County, making them the most competitive markets in the nation. The AI boom is leading to bidding wars in the Bay Area, and in the Northeast, many metros are seller’s markets. The least competitive markets are in…

HomebuildersEconomyU.S. NationalSan Francisco
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46% of Home Sellers Gave Concessions to Buyers in May, the Highest Share on Record For That Month

Nearly half of U.S. home sellers gave concessions to buyers in May, the highest May share in our records Concessions were most common in Nashville, the nation’s strongest buyer’s market, where three-quarters of sellers handed out concessions to attract buyers. They were least common in the Bay Area and other…

HomebuildersEconomyU.S. NationalSan Francisco
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Housing Payments Hit 1-Year High, Sending Buyers to the Sidelines

Pending home sales fell for the fifth week in a row, and new listings declined, too. The median U.S. monthly housing payment hit $2,647 during the four weeks ending June 14, its highest level in a year and just about $100 shy of 2023’s all-time high. Housing payments are rising because both home-sale prices and […]…

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Former Red-Hot Seller’s Markets, Like Atlanta, Now Lead the Nation in Canceled Home Sales

Nationwide, 13.6% of the homebuying deals made in May fell through. That share has held steady over the last 4 months as buyers and sellers grow accustomed to today’s market. 4 of the 10 metros where contract cancellations were most common were in Texas, and three were in Florida; all are strong buyer’s markets.…

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Mortgage Rates Likely to Stay High For Now as Markets Digest Warsh’s First Fed Meeting

Takeaway: He’s no one’s sock puppet! Now that Kevin Warsh has the job, he’s ready to make changes. It will take markets a while to fully digest the full breadth of today’s meeting, but the hawkish shift in the committee’s projections will keep mortgage rates high for now. In some ways though, that’s almost besides…

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Florida Dominates May’s Most Expensive Home Sales, Led by a $75 Million Boca Raton Deal

A Boca Raton mansion within a private golf course community and two apartments in New York City are among May’s most expensive home sales. A massive waterfront estate in Boca Raton, two ultra-luxury Manhattan properties, and several waterfront Florida estates were among May’s most expensive home sales. A sprawling…

HomebuildersEconomyMultifamilyU.S. NationalNew York
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Markets Eye Strait of Hormuz Reopening and Warsh’s First Fed Meeting as Key Tests This Week

This Week In A Nutshell: It’s going to be a big week with an announced deal that may open the Strait of Hormuz by Friday and Kevin Warsh’s first Fed meeting on Wednesday. Upcoming Attractions The two key events to watch this week are (1) whether the newly announced between the US and Iran […] The post Markets Eye…

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SpaceX Employees Could Buy 2 in 5 San Antonio Homes With Their IPO Windfall

The massive IPO would create enough wealth for SpaceX employees to buy roughly 40% of all the homes in San Antonio, one of the closest major metros to where the company is headquartered. Or they could buy every single home in McAllen, located just 80 miles away from the SpaceX headquarters. Alternatively, they…

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Redfinreport

Nashville, Miami and Austin Are This Spring's Strongest Buyer's Markets

Redfin reported there are 46.9 percent more home sellers than buyers in the U.S. housing market, signaling buyers hold the power. In May 2026, 35 of the 50 most populous U.S. metros were buyer's markets, led by Sun Belt locations.

EconomyU.S. NationalMiami
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2026 Housing Market Mood: Buyers Are Cautious, Sellers Are Showing Up

Redfin's early 2026 housing market update found buyers cautious and sellers returning, with agents anticipating a busier spring. The report tracks inventory, listing activity and buyer-seller dynamics nationally.

EconomyU.S. National
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Redfinreport

Redfin's 2026 Predictions: Welcome to The Great Housing Reset

Redfin's 2026 housing market predictions frame the year as a reset, with buyers gaining leverage amid rising inventory and persistent affordability constraints. The report forecasts price, sales and mortgage rate trends for the year ahead.

EconomyU.S. National
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